The I. Trager Company certainly knew how to appeal to the consumer’s eyes! Featured today is a large self-framed tin sign for the company’s flagship brand, Cream of Kentucky brand of whiskey. The caption of the image proclaims the girl to be “The Cream of Kentucky Girl”. This particular sign would have hung in many…
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I like this particular self-framed tin sign image because of the simplicity of the advertising image. The use of a young girl holding a box of chocolates provides an image of a innocent sweet child serving a sweet chocolate candy treat. There is no other verbiage on the sign, and in my opinion, no other…
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The Treadwell and Companies claim to be “The Best Whiskey Ever” might have been pretty over the top considering around 1900 or so when this sign was made the San Francisco, CA bay region had dozens of distilleries in business, while thousands of distilleries were churning out whiskey prior to the start of Prohibition. This…
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Wow! I was fortunately to recently pick up an amazing piece of St. Louis, MO history. Featured today is an early Tiger wood coin bank from the once famous Tony Faust restaurant which was at 4th and Elm Street. This location is now under the Gateway Arch grounds in downtown Saint Louis. The coin bank…
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Wow! Here is a beautiful self-framed tin sign from the Jung Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1900. I love this image but how the woman in a nightgown sitting on the edge of a bed serving you right relates to the beer being advertised is interesting in itself. What I do know is the image…
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The well known Mt. Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey brand was a brand created distributed and marketed by the Cook & Bernheimer Company based in New York, N.Y. As shown in this self framed tin sign, the brand was advertised simply as “It’s Square” on this piece. I find this rather unique and interesting that was…
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The Drake and Company coffee manufacturer which was based in Easton, PA was a very successful company at one time. Their flagship brand was Drako Coffee, obviously a takeoff of the Drake Company name, and with an easy tie into to a drake mallard duck as shown on the image of the can label. This…
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This particular metal or tin serving tray from the Zipp’s Cherri-O brand is truly a beautiful tray with the robin drinking the delicious drink with a straw! I always found this depiction amusing as I can hardly imagine a bird using a straw to drink with, but some artist years ago thought of it and…
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I have always loved the colors and the incredible image used by The American Brewing Company out of Saint Louis, Missouri in the early 1900’s. As shown here, the company chose to use a beautiful illustration of a woman overseeing her temple like garden and looking down at the river commerce for their metal advertising…
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Featured is a rather comical lithograph from the Garland Stove and Range Company which was based in Detroit, MI. This is a funny litho featured the claim “Please shut the door or beware of the dog”. The interesting thing is the image of what appears to be a bulldog with eye glasses and an old…
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